Marriage-Family Law., Study notes of Family Law

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about:blank Marriage FAMILY LAW MARRIAGE, First restriction ~ age If either party under 16, the marriage will be null and void if they marry in Scotland If you're over 16, you do not need parental consent to marry If you're over 16, you can marry someone from another country who is under 16, provided it is legal in their country and you get married in their country Second restriction ‘You cannot marry someone too closely related to you S1 sets out prohibited marriages cause the people are too closely related Marriage and Civil Partnership Act 2014 People in the affinity table can marry if they're both over 21 and they have never lived in the same house as the other party and been treated as a child of the family Couple in that category must petition to the court of session to get a declarator ‘You cannot marry an adoptive parent or a former adoptive parent Adoption act — an adopted child cannot marry their birth parents and their birth siblings Adoptive brothers and sisters can marry if they are not related ‘A person’s sex is determined at birth based on child’s physical criteria Up until a few years ago you could not get your birth certificate changed ‘There have been challenges to the law in this area Corbett v Corbett 1971 P83 0 1971 English case U_ Petitioner was Mr Corbett 1) Raised action (0 He was married and had 4 kids o He began to experiment with homosexuals o He met April Ashley 1/10